Idiom
rotten apple
Meaning
A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“One rotten apple can spoil the whole group.”
“The manager fired the employee because he was a rotten apple who encouraged others to stop working hard.”
“The committee feared that a single rotten apple within their ranks might compromise the integrity of the entire organization.”
Examples
simple
“One rotten apple can spoil the whole group.”
contextual
“The manager fired the employee because he was a rotten apple who encouraged others to stop working hard.”
complex
“The committee feared that a single rotten apple within their ranks might compromise the integrity of the entire organization.”
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